MOSCOW — Former United States spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has found a job working for a
website in Russia, where he was granted asylum in August after fleeing the U.S. in May, a Russian
lawyer said yesterday.

“Edward starts work in November,” Anatoly Kucherena said, according to the state-run news agency
RIA. “He will provide support for a large Russian site.” Kucherena would not name the site, citing
security reasons.

Snowden, 30, fled to Hong Kong and then to Russia after disclosing secret U.S. Internet and
phone surveillance information while working as an analyst for the U.S. National Security Agency.
His location in Russia has not been disclosed.

President Vladimir Putin rejected U.S. pleas to send Snowden home to face charges including
espionage, and the temporary asylum he was granted can be extended annually. Putin said Russia
would shelter Snowden only if he stopped harming the U.S.

Since he fled the U.S., Snowden has appeared only in a handful of photographs and video clips.
At a meeting this month, he was photographed with visiting former U.S. national security officials
who support his cause.

Hans-Christian Stroebele, a German lawmaker, said he met Snowden yesterday in Moscow, where
Snowden said he was willing to help German investigations into reports that the U.S. tapped
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone.

Stroebele told the German broadcaster ARD that it was clear Snowden “knew a lot.” He said he
would share details of their meeting, including a letter written by Snowden to the German
government, today.